Diamond Hunter
Community Benefit Scorecard
Cities and counties increasingly decide who gets land, incentives, and public funding by scoring the community benefit a project delivers. Diamond Hunter runs that scorecard for you before you write an application — using the evidence already gathered on the parcel.
Two numbers, not one verdict
Diamond Hunter does not issue a generic good-or-bad property score. The scorecard reports a floor and a ceiling:
- Currently evidenced — points the property already earns based on what the record supports today.
- Max achievable — where the score can land if the identified unlock actions are taken.
The gap between them is the actual work product: a list of concrete moves that raise the score. An unknown criterion is never treated as a failure.
How each criterion is labeled
Directly supported by official records, structured data providers, or documents.
Strongly indicated by converging evidence, but not directly stated by a single source.
Achievable given the site conditions, subject to design, program, or partner decisions.
Points depend on a commitment the applicant chooses to make (affordability, hiring, community agreement).
No evidence was located in the sources searched. Not a failure — an open question.
Which framework gets applied
The scorecard type is resolved from property class, lot size, zoning, and corridor context — so a vacant residential lot is not judged against an industrial rubric.
Residential
Applies to vacant residential lots, single-family, and multifamily reuse. Weighted toward housing supply, affordability commitments, neighborhood stabilization, and blight elimination.
Mixed-Use
Applies to corridor and node sites. Weighted toward ground-floor activation, transit proximity, walkability, and housing above commercial.
Neighborhood Commercial
Applies to small storefront and service parcels. Weighted toward local business support, corridor continuity, and job access.
Commercial / Industrial
Applies to larger employment sites and brownfields. Weighted toward job creation, remediation, infrastructure leverage, and freight or logistics alignment.
What the scorecard will never do
- It will not tell you to proceed or walk away. That decision is yours.
- It will not convert a missing record into a negative finding.
- It will not hide constraints — every constraint comes with what it may take to clear it.
Scorecard criteria and weightings reflect publicly documented municipal frameworks and are for planning purposes. Final scoring is determined by the reviewing jurisdiction.